The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-12-08
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE.
Items OfHmterest Gathered from
Our Exchanges and other
Sources.

Staples d Strains.
The Issue has been changed to a
seven column folio.
Fullens has been changed to War
rem City.
Bristol and Blountville are to be
connected by telephone.
Kirkpatrick d Co. has the hand
soonest stock of goods in the City.
Judge g. 7. St. John, Of Blountyille,
will move to Bristol.
The people of Morristowu are call
ing for street railway
Success to those parties buying their
goods from Staples & Strain.
Five Moore men have engaged
rooms in the MorriStown Jail.
Kirkpatrick & Co. will sell you
goods cheaper than the cheapest.
Athens is booming right along,
She is building $4,000 hotel.
Staples & Strain sell goods mighty
cheap don't they?
Mr.. A. Chance living near Loudon
has discovered oil on his farm.
Machinery has arrived for the
Twin City FIGURING Mill at Bristol.
The sale of the town lots at Morris
town, Tuesday the 22d ult, aggregated
about $4,000.
Maj. Pettibone has moved his family
from Greenevill9 to Chattanooga tenn
porarily.
Cloaks cheap at Kirkpatrick Co.
call and buy while you can get bar
gains.
Mr.. Pierce, the night telegraph op-
orator at Spring City, has mysterious
ly disappeared.
Misses Ida Folsom and Nola Cam
eron, of Elizabethton, are visiting re-
latives at Morristown.
A thought in time saves nine, think
of those nice Xmas goods at
ssaples & Strains.
Bristol is capturing many OF the
leading citizens of Blountville, and
more are to follow.
The Standard Oil Company has
erected tanks at Knoxville. Capt
Geo. A. Cannon is cashier. = =
Kirkpatrick & Co. has the largest
cheapest and most handsome stock oI
carpets in the city.
Mr. Frank Mountcastle, of Johnson
City, was down on business trip last
week.-MosSy Creek Visitor.
Go to G. G. Seaver for Hardware
and Builders material, he will not bC
under sold.
Spring City Tenn, has a new dem,
ocratic newspaper called the Spring
City Herald. [
A terrible battle occurred on Sane
Mountain Tuesday between moon
sinners and revenue officers.
Critzman, the Jeweler, sells thu
Light Running Domestic Sewinl
Machines.
The jury returned verdict of no
guilty in the case of Bryant Whitfield
at Clarksville, charged with the mur
der OF Alex. Taylor.
Capt. G. X. Lide and wife, of John
son City, came up Thursday night t.
attend the reception of Mr.. ]. S. Penn
and wlfe.-Reporter.
A strong effort is being made to ge
Gov. Taylor to pardon ex-Sherif
Foute, of Loudon county, with stronl
prospects of success.
G. G. Seaver will sell you Pure Lin
seed oil and the best brands of Paint
Cheaper than the cheapest.
Some hunters burned up about s
panels of fence for DR.. E. Murry las
week by throwing a lighted match il
the grass.
The proposed new Republican dali
at Knoxville is not likely to appear
the protector not meeting with salts
factory encouragement
The valuation OF taxable property i
Knoxville has increased nearly 81 900
900 during the past year. This ir
cludes suburban property.
A large number Of hands on the SCI
tions of the E. T. V. & G. road betwee
Bristol and Chattanooga, have bee
taken off on account OF a slack
work.
The President Of the Memphis, Kal
sas City & Birmingham Road says tt
bridge at Memphis will be built I
soon as the permission of Congress
secured.